Fortune Telling

Problem Overview

  • Given n two-sided cards with front Ai initially up and back Bi, flip at most m cards to minimize the range (max − min) of all face-up numbers.
  • Input: n, m, array A (size n), array B (size n). Output: one integer: the minimum possible range.
  • Constraints: 1 ≤ m ≤ n; 1 ≤ Ai, Bi ≤ 1e7.
  • Real-world context: choose flips in a fortune-telling card setup to tighten the spread of visible numbers.
  • Amazon coding interview question/problem and common interview question.

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